“even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small.” - Dr. Suess
This year on 11-11-11 Redeem The Shadows is creating something huge. We want communities, businesses, organizations, universities, and your everyday local to come together and make some noise about human trafficking. Now sure, it is great to have individuals representing a certain cause, but when hundreds and hundreds of people get together for one specific cause, more people hear about it. That is the goal of Redemption Day. Redemption Day is a day where people interested in raising awareness of human trafficking come together and make noise for the whole world to hear. Take this children’s story below for example:
The book, ”Horton Hears A Who” written by Dr. Suess tells the story of Horton, an elephant, who hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet home to a city called Whoville, inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos.
The leader of Whoville asks Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to hear them quite well, because of his large ears) to protect them from harm, which Horton happily agrees to do, proclaiming throughout the book that “even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small.” In doing so he is ridiculed and forced into a cage by the other animals in the jungle for believing in something that they are unable to see or hear. Horton tells the Whos that they need to make themselves heard to the other animals. The Whos finally accomplish this by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. The entire city gets together to make noise at the same time so that the volume creates enough lift for the jungle to hear the sound, thus reinforcing the moral of the story: “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”
Because their noise could be heard, Horton’s jungle neighbors vow to help him protect Whoville.
This is what our hope is for Redemption Day on 11-11-11. Although each of us are only one person, we are still one. We can make a difference by standing along side others who believe that human trafficking needs to come to an end. We can make a positive impact on society if we just stand up for what we believe in; freedom for the opressed!
Watch this video for some ideas of how you can make a difference in your community:
Love & Liberty: Stacey Wesche
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.” – Edward Everett Hale
